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Imagining rivers as having lives, and rights
Robert Macfarlane speaks to Siddharth Pandey about his latest book, ‘Is a River Alive?’ where he undertakes major journeys to rivers in northern Ecuador, South India; and north-eastern Quebec, where communities are waging a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies
We can confidently call a river alive because it enlivens us, because we live in relation with it — Robert Macfarlane. Photo: Mark Wormald
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